Getting started is the stack you finish before any dark market link. The walkthrough is how to enter a dark market.
Other boards open on the same four tools: a system that forgets the session, Tor Browser from the Tor Project, a PGP program on your own machine, and a password store that is not the browser. Darkroute keeps that order and does not print an hour estimate.
Tails and Whonix are the names those notes repeat. Tor Browser on an everyday install is still better than a branded zip, and it is still the weaker habit. Do not add a plugin. Do not sign a clearnet account into the same window.
Then PGP on a throwaway identity, and Monero as the payment note. A reused password across lanes turns one leak into a set.